Global Patent Index - EP 1297453 A4

EP 1297453 A4 20050817 - METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING RELATED SEARCHES IN A DATABASE SEARCH SYSTEM

Title (en)

METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING RELATED SEARCHES IN A DATABASE SEARCH SYSTEM

Title (de)

VERFAHREN UND VORRICHTUNG ZUM IDENTIFIZIEREN VERWANDTER SUCHEN IN EINEM DATENBANK-SUCHSYSTEM

Title (fr)

PROCEDE ET DISPOSITIF POUR L'IDENTIFICATION DE RECHERCHES CONNEXES DANS UN SYSTEME D'INTERROGATION DE BASE DE DONNEES

Publication

EP 1297453 A4 20050817 (EN)

Application

EP 01937556 A 20010518

Priority

  • US 0116161 W 20010518
  • US 57589400 A 20000522

Abstract (en)

[origin: US2010106706A1] A method of generating a search result list also provides related searches for use by a searcher. Search listings which generate a match with a search request submitted by the searcher are identified in a pay-for-placement database which includes a plurality of search listings. Related search listings contained in a related search database generated from the pay-for-placement database are identified as relevant to the search request. A search result list is returned to the searcher including the identified search listings and one or more of the identified search listings.

IPC 1-7

G06F 17/30; G06F 17/60

IPC 8 full level

G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 30/02 (2012.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G06F 16/951 (2019.01 - EP US); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01 - US); G06Q 30/0275 (2013.01 - EP US); G06Q 30/0277 (2013.01 - EP US); G06Q 40/04 (2013.01 - EP US); Y10S 707/99933 (2013.01 - US); Y10S 707/99942 (2013.01 - US); Y10S 707/99943 (2013.01 - US)

Citation (search report)

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  • [X] US 5799284 A 19980825 - BOURQUIN ROY E [US]
  • [X] WO 0016218 A1 20000323 - SEARCHUP INC [US]
  • [Y] WO 9836366 A1 19980820 - NORTHERN TELECOM LTD [CA]
  • [X] US 5999929 A 19991207 - GOODMAN MARC I [US]
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  • [A] BRIN S ET AL: "The Anatomy of a Large Scale Hypertext Web Search Engine", COMPUTER NETWORKS AND ISDN SYSTEMS, NORTH HOLLAND PUBLISHING. AMSTERDAM, NL, 14 April 1998 (1998-04-14), pages 1 - 20, XP002247969, ISSN: 0169-7552
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Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

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DOCDB simple family (application)

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